18AReferences relating to an Agency

18A References relating to an Agency (1) An Agency is a department or unit of a department, or other authority or body: (a) nominated as an Agency in an Administrative Arrangements Order; or (b) declared by an Act to be an Agency for the Public Sector Employment and Management Act 1993 or the Financial Management Act 1995. (2) A reference to the Agency in a provision of an Act is a reference to the Agency administering the provision in which the expression occurs. (3) A reference to the Agency administering a provision of an Act or having responsibility for an area or activity of government is a reference to the Agency to which the administration of the provision or responsibility for the area or activity is allocated by an Administrative Arrangements Order or Act. (4) A reference to a specified Agency (including a reference to an Agency that no longer exists) in a provision of an Act includes a reference to the department, authority or body to which the administration of the provision is allocated by an Administrative Arrangements Order or Act.